Chronographs, Calendars, Unusual Dials

A late 18th Century English verge with unusual painted dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with turned pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Unusual enamel dial painted wit a rural scene, the […]

An early 19th Century verge in a gold engine turned consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold hands. Deep small […]

A small early 19th Century Swiss watch with visible diamond set balance in a gold and enamel diamond set shield shaped case.  The unusual full plate cylinder movement following the form of the case with the balance visible on the front.  Very slender bar supporting the diamond endstone, four arm balance bearing four small diamonds. […]

An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge automaton in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, polished steel endstone in a polished steel setting.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Pendant quarter repeating on […]

A rare mid 19th Century thermometer in a miniature case in the form of an engine turned full hunter watch.  Small white enamel dial, Reaumur scale in Arabic numerals marked from minus 25 degrees to plus 25 degrees, the zero in red.  Glazed cover to the dial, blue steel hand.  Miniature engine turned gold full […]

A 19th Century English chronometer by Mercer with a duo in uno hairspring in a silver open face case.  Gilt half plate keywind movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance employing quarter timing nuts.  Rare freesprung blue steel duo in uno hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer […]

A rare early 20th Century Swiss lever with reversed seconds hand and Hebrew dial in a gunmetal case.  Unusual gilt three quarter plate keyless movement, the escapement reversed and shortened train. Oversized going barrel.  Plain cock with steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial with […]

An early 20th Century English lever with power reserve indication in an unusual gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed engine turned silver dial […]

An early 20th Century Swiss thirty minute recording split seconds chronograph with unusual dial layout in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless going barrel movement marker "The Winner".  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, Compensation balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.   Unusual white enamel dial with split centre […]

An early 20th Century Swiss thirty minute recording lever chronograph in a gunmetal open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Grained steel flyback chronograph work above the plate.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiaries […]

A large early 20th Century Swiss lever with concealed erotic automaton in a decorative silver full hunter case. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.   Silver full hunter case, both covers decorated in high relief, the front depicting a bust.  The back with floral decoration marked “H Frsl Depose”.  Opening […]

A 20th Century American centre seconds lever by Hamilton in a plain silvered open face case.  High quality 22 jewel 4992B model, damascened nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator.  Uncut balance with overcoil Elinvar-Exra hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with […]